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Contact: David Parkes  Email: david.parkes@wiltshire.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

67.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

68.

Minutes

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 21 May 2015.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

To approve as a correct record and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 21 May 2015.

69.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

Minutes:

A declaration of interest was made in respect of item 7a 15/01047/OUT by Cllr Jeans as he had traded with the business, he would participate in debate and vote with an open mind.

70.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

Minutes:

The Chairman explained the meeting procedure to the members of the public.

71.

Public Participation and Councillors' Questions

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

 

Statements

Members of the public who wish to speak either in favour or against an application or any other item on this agenda are asked to register in person no later than 5.50pm on the day of the meeting.

 

The Chairman will allow up to 3 speakers in favour and up to 3 speakers against an application and up to 3 speakers on any other item on this agenda. Each speaker will be given up to 3 minutes and invited to speak immediately prior to the item being considered. The rules on public participation in respect of planning applications are detailed in the Council’s Planning Code of Good Practice.

 

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution which excludes, in particular, questions on non-determined planning applications. Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda (acting on behalf of the Corporate Director) no later than 5pm on Thursday 4 June 2015. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

 

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

 

Minutes:

The Committee noted the rules on public participation.

72.

Planning Appeals

To receive details of completed and pending appeals.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The committee received updates on planning appeals as detailed in the agenda.

 

Resolved:

 

To note the update.

 

73.

Planning Applications

To consider and determine planning applications in the attached schedule.

73a

15/01047/OUT - Farmer Giles Farmstead, Teffont, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 5QY

Demolition of some existing buildings and cessation of

business.  Erection of a dwelling all matters reserved save for access, scale and siting.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

 

Richard Hawkins and Callie Troup spoke in objection to the application.

 

Angus Corrie-Deane, speaking on behalf of the applicant, and Andrew Bracey spoke in support of the application.

 

Cllr David Wood, Teffont Parish Council, supported the application on balance but expressed some concerns and commented that the Parish Council would have liked to receive a full planning application to consider.

 

The planning officer introduced the report which recommended to grant planning permission subject to conditions, attention was drawn to the late items. It was explained the application had been brought to Committee due to significant material considerations and differed to a previous application in that it was accompanied by a landscape impact report which demonstrated no detrimental impact on the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); determination had been deferred to allow members to attend a site visit. Photographs, illustrative plans and curtilage of the proposed dwelling were shown and it was confirmed the area to be demolished would be 2175 square metres, with a dwelling of 600 square metres to be built in a different location on the site. The Planning Officer verified that buildings attached to those to be demolished would be retained and repaired as required. The Committee was reminded the application sought outline permission for access and scale only.

 

The Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions and it was confirmed this was a Brownfield site and included holiday homes.

 

Members of the public then addressed the Committee as detailed above.

 

The local member, Cllr Bridget Wayman, declared herself a member of the AONB panel and spoke in objection to the application, also highlighting that the application’s demolition plan had not been published online. The local member felt the outline application did not address concerns identified by the Committee in the original application. A key concern was that great weight was to be given to enhancing the landscape in an AONB, however the dwelling would be in an isolated and elevated position therefore causing an intrusion upon the landscape of the AONB. The Councillor commented the new dwelling would be much larger than suggested since plans included a basement, and argued the exceptional circumstances permitting development like this in the open countryside had not been met. Further points were that the business had already closed and so there would be no benefit to the AONB of reduced traffic visiting the site. Finally the use of the land for holiday homes, equine use or liveries had not been addressed.

 

The planning officer confirmed the location of buildings to be demolished.

 

In the debate that followed the Committee agreed it would have been desirable to have a full planning application to consider. Some members commented the development should not be permitted in an AONB since the scale of the building was excessively large and highly intrusive on the sensitive landscape due to its elevated position. If the new dwelling was to be located in place of current buildings, this would have been more acceptable. Members felt  ...  view the full minutes text for item 73a

73b

15 03272/OUT- Land adjacent 1 Longhedge Cottages, Longhedge, Salisbury. SP4 6BP

Erection of 4 detached houses with separate double garages retaining existing access and visibility splays

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Minutes:

Richard Greenwood spoke in support of the application.

 

The planning officer introduced the report which recommended to delegate authority to Director of Development Services to approve planning permission subject to a s106 legal agreement and conditions. Attention was drawn to the late items and photographs and plans for the site and existing access arrangement were shown. It was explained the development was to be on a narrow site next to, but not part of , the Longhedge development. Details of the neighbouring development were provided alongside the retention of landscaping to screen dwellings. The Officer advised that since the application was last considered by Committee the site had now been identified as a potential site for future development in the Council ‘potential site options’ document. The  Wiltshire Core Strategy had also been adopted and so policy details were updated.

 

The Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical and it was verified that the land was a potential development site. The Planning Officer explained that a footpath on the plan aimed to link to the Longhedge development could not stretch the entire length as the land between was owned by a third party. As part of the Longhedge development, landscaping would partly screen the houses from the road but houses would still be in close proximity to the road.

 

The local member, Cllr Ian McLennan, spoke in objection to the application and moved that it be refused for the same reasons given by Committee at determination of the original application: namely that uncertainty remained about the layout of the Longhedge development and the permission constituted development in the open countryside. The councillor suggested the site should go through the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) process. Other key concerns were that the site could suffer from overdevelopment and that the residential amenity of occupants of the dwellings could be reduced by neighbouring commercial development, moreover permission on this site could restrict the development of commercial units in a major strategic site. Other members commented that commercial units were already located near dwellings as part of the Longhedge development and so did not consider this application to be a concern.

 

Further observations included that the proposed condition 6 could address highways safety but that permission could not be conditioned on the final agreement of the Longhedge development. Additional points were that shrubbery should be used for screening where possible and the proposed pathway was not useful until linked to the other development. Some councillors argued the development could tie in well with the Longhedge site and was low-density however the Committee agreed the application was premature.

 

Resolved:

 

To REFUSE planning permission for the following reason:

 

The proposed dwellings would be located on a site which is currently located in the open countryside, and is not specifically allocated for housing development in the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy. The adjacent A345 road onto to which the dwellings would have a vehicular access is a very busy arterial road between Salisbury and Amesbury, where  ...  view the full minutes text for item 73b

74.

Urgent Items

Any other items of business which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be taken as a matter of urgency 

 

Minutes:

There were no urgent items